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Care to explain how an atomic bomb is not a nuke?
by saagarjha 2y ago
Care to explain how an atomic bomb is not a nuke?
- FeteCommuniste 2y agoAtom bombs are definitely nukes. Maybe the GP was thinking of thermonuclear (fission-fusion) weapons.
- aeonik 2y agoDepends on the circles you run in, but I've heard people distinguish nuclear bombs from atomic bombs, kind of like how atomic clocks are distinguished from nuclear clocks. I don't quite understand it because atomic clocks deal with the electrons, while nuclear clocks, nuclear bombs, and thermo-nukes are all dealing with the nucleus of the atom. I've always preferred fission vs fusion bomb, or nuke vs. thermo nuke.